tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651656564842797172.post8098200524727492135..comments2023-10-10T04:18:23.631-04:00Comments on The Smoky Mountain Hiking Blog: Great Smoky Mountains National Park grows by 20 AcresSmokyMountainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288538940523306530noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651656564842797172.post-58232541455589898782011-12-17T15:48:41.722-05:002011-12-17T15:48:41.722-05:00I have to return to the Park at least once every y...I have to return to the Park at least once every year to take in the beauty! I hope to move closer so I can go to the park daily. I appericate Friends of the Smokies for everything they accomplish.Randy K. Craignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651656564842797172.post-46904503834111170582011-12-16T09:56:06.569-05:002011-12-16T09:56:06.569-05:00Friends of the Smokies is so honored that this gif...Friends of the Smokies is so honored that this gift accomplishes several important goals for Great Smoky Mountains National Park's operations.<br /><br />1. The Appalachian Trail Ridgerunners will have comfortable housing and a place to store their supplies and tools on their days off from patrolling the A.T.<br />2. Transitioning the Ridgerunners out of the Jim Barna log home on Park property will allow the Park's important dispatch and communications department to move from a cramped closet-sized office in the basement of Park headquarters.<br />3. The park's largest, crucial wetlands will be saved and species will continue to have homes that might have been destroyed by intensive development!<br /><br />That's the definition of win-win(-win).<br /><br />Thanks, Jeff, for sharing this story.Holly Scotthttp://www.friendsofthesmokies.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651656564842797172.post-91210492341726731242011-12-15T21:15:46.918-05:002011-12-15T21:15:46.918-05:00What an awesome Christmas gift for the park!What an awesome Christmas gift for the park!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880046224880273404noreply@blogger.com